CFP: Exile or Expatriate? (grad) (Spain) (4/15/07; 6/8/07)

The Association of Graduate Students at St. Louis University Madrid Campusis posting a call for papers for its 5th annual graduate student colloquium:"Exile or Expatriate?" Papers may consider exile or expatriation inliterature or in their effects on the lives of writers. Papers may alsoexplore the gulf between the two modes of traveling abroad-what are theeffects on literature of an author's leaving by choice versus an unwillingexpulsion. Topics might include: the changing patterns of travel amongst theremnants of empire, diasporas throughout time and across cultures, theexperiences of refugees of warring nations, the experiences of colonials,Americans in Paris... etc.

Proposals are invited for 20-minute presentations and participation in avariety of panels. Please submit 300-word abstracts and a short bio toTimothy Day (jinstra_at_gmail.com) and Susan Kenney (selizake2_at_hotmail.com).Deadline for proposals is 15 April 2007.